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   jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 14:16:55 JST jwz

   Dictionnaire Infernal, 1818.

   Amduscias, to whose voice the trees bow, and who commands twenty-nine legions:
   https://jwz.org/b/ykbv

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 14:16:54 JST jwz

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     In happier news, I got a really cool book today.

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 13:30:39 JST jwz

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     So far I've only made it halfway through "A", but I can confirm my suspicion that this book is the 1863 edition of the Monster Manual.

     "Burned alive for building a clockwork robot" is a surprisingly recurrent theme.

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     madopal (madopal@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 14:10:22 JST madopal

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     @jwz Now I want to approach every slightly evil-looking peeson demanding "give me geometry lessons!" to see if they're a demon.

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 15:24:12 JST jwz

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     • Nuclear Oatmeal :verified:

     @uss_oatmeal It's acute demon.

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     Nuclear Oatmeal :verified: (uss_oatmeal@mstdn.party)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 15:24:13 JST Nuclear Oatmeal :verified:

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     @jwz

     Demon that teaches geometry...

     I just ordered the books.

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     Barry Rowlingson (geospacedman@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 16:25:02 JST Barry Rowlingson

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     @jwz deadly poison on the door latches? sounds familiar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal